Having just discovered a new virus that could drive man to extinction, a young doctor begins a video journal to track her progress in preventing a global pandemic.

Dr. Scott outlines her theory on how global warming might have exposed the modern world to an ancient virus to which we have no natural immunity.

Dr. Scott pleads with her government benefactors for a ship to take her to the arctic so she can trace the deadly virus to its possible source.

Despite ridicule from her fellow scientists, Dr. Scott's concern over the new virus is amplified by the discovery of three new cases outside the original hot zone.

About to board the USS Nathan James, Dr. Rachel Scott imparts a final note of urgency about the threat that mankind faces, revealing that the fate of humanity hangs on the success of her mission.